"Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why this or that class of objects is closely similar to those for which exceptions have been made."

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Source : Randal Marlin (2002). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, p.230, Broadview Press

Randal Marlin

#Doors Quotes #Expression Quotes #Class Quotes

“When truth has no burning, then it is philosophy, when it gets burning from the heart, it becomes poetry.”
“Seek to make life henceforth a consecrated thing; that so, when the sunset is nearing, with its murky vapors and lowering skies, the very clouds of sorrow may be fringed with golden light. Thus will the song in the house of your pilgrimage be always the truest harmony. It will be composed of no jarring, discordant notes; but with all its varied tones will form one sustained, life-long melody; dropped for a moment in death, only to be resumed with the angels, and blended with the everlasting cadences of your Father's house.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 159, 1895.
“A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.”
“I’m saying language is a passport. A dubious, dangerous passport too.”

Source : "Writers attack 'overrated' Anglo-American literature at Jaipur festival" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2014.
“Iâ€™m waiting for my princess to come I just have to be patient.”
“Well thank you, me old gobbler,' said Mr. Gum handing over some money that Billy William would later discover to be made out of lies and broken promises.”

Source : Andy Stanton (2011). “You're a Bad Man, Mr. Gum!”, p.22, Egmont UK
“Mayor De Blasio's appointment of Bill Bratton as police commissioner is the height of hypocrisy. Asking Bratton to stop racial profiling and stop and frisk is like asking an arsonist to help you put out fires. Bratton along with his partner Giuliani started and supported racial profiling stops. A new progressive mayor? I think not!”
“Words of love you whisper soft and true Darling I love you”

Source : Song: Words of Love, Album: Buddy Holly, 1958

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